Boller Brothers Design
The Boller Brothers were one of the earliest and best-known theater design firms in the country. Carl and Robert Boller hailed from St. Joseph, Missouri and by 1905 Carl moved his office to nearby Kansas City. His younger brother Robert joined him in 1906, and was eventually made a partner. Initially focused on local vaudeville houses, the Boller Brothers designed several theaters in Nevada. The firm later developed movie palaces all over the west coast and the Midwest. Their most famous theater is the KiMo Theater in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Like many other firms, the Depression wiped the Boller Brothers out and the firm was dissolved in 1931. (Information from Cinema Treasures)

 
Arkansas City, Kansas
Burford Theater- 1923

Augusta, Kansas
Augusta Theater - 1949

Camp Funsten, Kansas
Camp Theaters (3) - 1917

Chanute, Kansas
Mills Theater - 1929
Peoples Theater - 1928

Colby, Kansas
Colby Theater - 1906

Columbus, Kansas
McGhee Theater - 1904
State Theater- 1948

Dodge City, Kansas
Crown Theater - 1923
Granada Theater - 1928

Eldorado, Kansas
Eldorado Theater and Hotel- 1920

Ellsworth, Kansas
Ellsworth Theater - 1915

Fort Scott, Kansas
Empress Theater - 1913

Great Bend, Kansas
Crest Theater - 1950

Hiawatha, Kansas
Dickinson Theater- 1929

Holton, Kansas
Arcada (Perkins) Theater - 1907 and 1935-36

Hugoton, Kansas
Rusada (Showplace) Theater - 1948

Iola, Kansas
Uptown Theater - 1933

   Liberal, Kansas
Plaza Theater - 1930
Tucker (Photoplay) Theater - 1921

Mankato, Kansas
Mankato Theater - 1905

Marysville, Kansas
Liberty Theater - 1919

Norton, Kansas
Auditorium - 1906
Norton Theater - ????

Oakley, Kansas
Manor Theater - 1948

Oberlin, Kansas
Oberlin Theater - 1906

Overland Park, Kansas
Overland Theater - 1946

Junction City, Kansas
Columbia Theater - 1917
Uptown Theater - 1928

Kansas City, Kansas
Art Theater - 1919
Electric Theater - 1911 or 1922
Granada Theater - 1929
Jayhawk Theater - 1949
Strand Theater - ????

Larned, Kansas
State Theater - 1947-49

Lawrence, Kansas
Drive-In Theater - 1948
Granada Theater - 1934
Jayhawker (Bowersock) Theater - 1929
Varsity Theater - 1926

   Parsons, Kansas
Best Theater - 1912
Elks Theater - 1904
Orpheum Theater - ????

Phillipsburg, Kansas
Majestic Theater - 1924

Russell, Kansas
Dream Theater - 1934
Mecca Theater - 1935

Sabetha, Kansas
Civic Theater - 1947

Salina, Kansas
Fox Strand Theater- 1937
Fox Watson Theater- 1930
Salina Auditorium - 1922


Shawnee, Kansas
Mission Theater - 1927

Topeka, Kansas
Dickinson (Crystal) Theater - 1944
Grand Theater - 1924
Jayhawk Theater - 1925
Novelty Theater - 1926

Wellington, Kansas
Memorial Auditorium - 1920

Wichita, Kansas
Crawford Theater - 1910
Crest Theater - 1948
Fox Boulevard Theater- 1944
Nomar Theater - 1928
Palace Theater - 1915
Plainview Theater - ????
Princess Theater - 1908
Star Theater - 1921
Uptown Theater - 1927
Wichita Theater - 1918
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

 

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